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NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Is A Sexual Predator Luring His Victims — My source is solid. She really thought Anthony Weiner and her were in love, they spoke on the phone daily multiple times a day for 6 months. Anthony Weiner played with her emotions and mind. Most calls were phone sex.
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The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner Hasn't Changed Poor Huma Abedin, New Image Of His Penis — Anthony Weiner is up to his old tricks again. I've been in contact with a young female girl who wishes to remain Anonymous. She was lured by Anthony Weiner post scandal via Facebook.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Anthony Weiner Faces New Sex Chat Allegations — The Dirty posts explicit Facebook and Formspring exchanges. “I'm deeply flawed.” UPDATE: Weiner has released a statement acknowledging that at least some of the messages are authentic. This is the woman linked to these chats. — Source: thedirty.com
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Anthony Weiner Confirms Authenticity Of New Sex Chats — New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner confirmed the authenticity of new lewd, sexually charged online chats and photos that were posted by a nightlife website over the past day. — Nightlife site “The Dirty” …
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Power Line, National Review, msnbc.com, Mediaite, BuzzFeed and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
NikRichie / The Dirty:
EXCLUSIVE IMAGE: Anthony Weiner Penis Picture And Timeline — Here is another exclusive image that Anthony Weiner sent to my source. Letting it all hang out. Huma Abedin don't tell me you don't recognize those feet and mushroom head. Time to leave this Weiner already.
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National Review, Gawker, Guardian, Politicker, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
BuzzFeed:
Weiner's Wholesome People Magazine Spread Came One Week After Starting Online Relationship — “Anthony has spent every day since [the scandal] trying to be the best dad and husband he can be,” his wife had said. — A high-profile interview with People Magazine seen as a first step …
Jill Colvin / Politicker:
Anthony Weiner Responds Vaguely to New Illicit Message Revelations — Anthony Weiner. (Photo: Getty) — Anthony Weiner today responded to new explicit messages and images the gossip website The Dirty alleges were sent to an anonymous tipster by the former congressman after he was forced …
Discussion:
National Review, Weasel Zippers, “The Lid” and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
Anthony ‘Carlos Danger’ Weiner Not Dropping Out After Admitting To More Sexting — Gossip website TheDirty.com claims to have acquired more sexually explicit online chats between Anthony Weiner and a young woman — chats that the site claims took place after Weiner resigned from Congress in disgrace in 2011.
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The Daily Caller, Yahoo! News, Shakesville and Balloon Juice
Politico:
Anthony Weiner kept sexting after resignation — Joined by his wife at a dramatic news conference Tuesday, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner acknowledged that he continued to carry on inappropriate conduct with women online even after he resigned his seat in Congress two years ago.
Discussion:
CNN and New Republic
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Huma Abedin Has Her Own Life — But Anthony Weiner's “notoriously private” wife is on the campaign trail with her husband — a calculated sacrifice from the woman who has already been through hell, and could see more of it yet . “She wants Anthony to win.” — Via: John Gara/Buzzfeed
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Jezebel and Instapundit
New York Times:
Mr. Weiner and the Elusive Truth
Mr. Weiner and the Elusive Truth
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Business Insider, Politico and Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Weiner Admits Web Dalliance After Resigning
Weiner Admits Web Dalliance After Resigning
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The Gateway Pundit and National Review
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Weiner's creepy press conference
Video: Weiner's creepy press conference
Discussion:
Business Insider, Patterico's Pontifications and Conservatives4Palin
Martha T. Moore / USA Today:
Weiner acknowledges more lewd messages
Weiner acknowledges more lewd messages
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times and The Moderate Voice
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Government shutdown looms over ObamaCare — ObamaCare is at the center of a rapidly escalating fight that threatens to shut the government down this fall. [WATCH VIDEO] — Senate Republicans, including two members of the leadership, are coalescing around a proposal to block …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Are Republicans fooling themselves about Obamacare?
Are Republicans fooling themselves about Obamacare?
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Washington Monthly, New Republic, Ed Driscoll, Betsy's Page, The Plum Line and Conservatives4Palin
Alex Roarty / NationalJournal.com:
Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare
Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare
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Yahoo! News, ThinkProgress, PoliticusUSA, National Review, Daily Kos, First Read and New York Times
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
FLOTUS joins Obamacare push
FLOTUS joins Obamacare push
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CNN, Weasel Zippers and The Hill
The Atlantic Online:
It's the Racism, Stupid — National Review's Victor Davis Hanson takes on the president's comments with predictable results. Here Hansen counters The Talk that African-American parents give their children about the police with his own version of The Talk: … I really, really hope not.
Discussion:
Yahoo! News and The Dish
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Facing Facts about Race
Facing Facts about Race
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and ThinkProgress
Sandra Lilley / NBC Latino:
Iowa's Rep. King: For every valedictorian Dreamer, 100 are “hauling marijuana” — Iowa conservative Republican Congressman Steve King said in an interview with Newsmax that for every valedictorian DREAMer who has been brought to this country by his or her family, “...there's another 100 out there who …
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Daily Kos
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
King: For Every Valedictorian DREAMer, 100 Are ‘Hauling 75 Pounds Of Marijuana’
King: For Every Valedictorian DREAMer, 100 Are ‘Hauling 75 Pounds Of Marijuana’
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Yahoo! News, Mediaite, PostPartisan, msnbc.com and No More Mister Nice Blog
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Rep. Joe Garcia: Rep. Steve King comments ‘offensive’
Rep. Joe Garcia: Rep. Steve King comments ‘offensive’
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Goppers, CNN, Washington Wire, Mediaite and The Plum Line
Jim Avila / ABC News:
DREAMers Tell Republican House: That's Not Our Dream — House Republicans today begin an effort to carve comprehensive immigration reform into little pieces. — The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to address the immigration status of undocumented immigrant children, known as DREAMers.
Discussion:
The Plum Line, Washington Monthly, Politico, National Review and ABC News
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: Boehner comments on immigration are ‘laughable’
White House: Boehner comments on immigration are ‘laughable’
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Politico
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Right now, Larry Summers is the front-runner for Fed chair — The word among Federal Reserve watchers right now is that the choice is down to Janet Yellen or Larry Summers as Ben Bernanke's replacement. I can't find anyone who really thinks it'll be Roger Ferguson, Tim Geithner, Alan Blinder, or some other dark horse.
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Yahoo! News, Daily Kos, Business Insider, FT Alphaville, Marginal Revolution and Brad DeLong
Paul Thompson / Daily Mail:
The family rescued by George Zimmerman after a rollover crash in Florida are terrified they will become targets for hate mobs — Mark and Dana Michelle Gerstle said they do not want to talk publicly about Zimmerman for fear they will be accused of portraying him as a hero
Discussion:
Althouse, The Gateway Pundit and protein wisdom
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
North Carolina On Cusp Of Passing Worst Voter Suppression Bill In The Nation — Voting in North Carolina may soon change, much in the same way a wrecking ball changes a building. — The highly-conservative North Carolina legislature just released a new voter suppression bill that would enact …
Discussion:
Hullabaloo and Shakesville
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Scott Clement / The Fix:
Moderate Democrats are quitting on Obamacare — The landmark health-reform law passed in 2010 has never been very popular and always highly partisan, but a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that a group of once loyal Democrats has been steadily turning against Obamacare: Democrats who are ideologically moderate or conservative.
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Hot Air, Washington Post, Hit & Run, Weekly Standard, Real Clear Politics, Weasel Zippers and TheBlaze.com
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Jennifer Rubin: Obama ‘Not a Good Person’ for Talking About Racism, Which ‘Most Americans Have Never Personally Experienced’ — Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin and NewsMax radio host Steve Malzberg yesterday spent an entire interview complaining that President Obama focuses …
Discussion:
Daily Kos and The Raw Story
AHA / American Historical Association:
American Historical Association Statement on Policies Regarding the Embargoing of Completed History PhD Dissertations — In their June 2013 meeting, the AHA Council drafted a statement on policies regarding best practices for embargoing completed history PhD dissertations.
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Crooked Timber, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Law Librarian Blog and Outside the Beltway
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
U.S. Senator Wants Resolution Authorizing War With Iran If ‘Nothing Changes’ In Two Months — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Tuesday that he plans to introduce a resolution authorizing war with Iran if “nothing changes” regarding the Islamic Republic's nuclear program by the end of the year.
Discussion:
New York Review of Books and BobCesca.com
Jennifer Martinez / Hillicon Valley:
Wyden warns data collection under Patriot Act is ‘limitless’ — Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Tuesday urged the United States to revamp its surveillance laws and practices, warning that the country will “live to regret it” if it fails to do so. — “If we do not seize this unique moment …
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The Hill and Hullabaloo